Sue Altman for Congress

This district deserves someone who will fight for our Jersey values in Washington and show up when it matters most. I have a  track record of speaking truth to power. We need honest, fearless representation and a new generation of visionary and pragmatic leadership – and that’s why I’m running for Congress.

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“The corruption tax is NJ’s biggest tax. It’s unseen but pervasive. New Jersey has more than enough money to restore parks, fund our schools, and pave the roads, but when the politically connected have their hands in the public coffers, the public gets the short end of the stick.

<h2>Sue Altman is a proud daughter of New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/c407f255-d1ca-4d5d-93b4-672b17826677/a2083fc6-1460-4b83-ab81-0aa66cb28caf/a2083fc6-1460-4b83-ab81-0aa66cb28caf.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=148%2C136%2C725%2C572&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" variant="framed">She grew up on Center Street in Clinton, attended Clinton Public School and Voorhees High School, and calls Hunterdon County her home today, living in Lambertville.After leading her Voorhees High School basketball team to local championships, Sue played college basketball at Columbia University and professional basketball abroad, earned two graduate degrees from Oxford University in the UK - one in International Policy and the other in Business, then went on to become a teacher and successful basketball coach, leading two teams to state championships.During her time as a teacher, Sue became deeply involved in the fight for New Jersey’s schools and students. She stood up to then-Governor Chris Christie in order to protect teachers and fight against cuts to public schools.<h2>For the last several years, Sue has served as Executive Director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance, a non-profit organization focused primarily on combating political corruption in Trenton. </h2>Sue fought fearlessly against corrupt actors in both parties and the waste of taxpayer dollars.&nbsp;

Sue has been in the fight for a better New Jersey for her whole life -- and she's ready to take it to Washington. From attacks on our fundamental rights to rising costs and unfair tax burdens, Sue is committed to bringing common-sense solutions to the communities that raised her and that she's proud to call home.

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Sue has dedicated her career to rooting out political corruption in New Jersey in order to protect New Jersey’s taxpayers and our democracy – and she’s ready to take that work to Washington. Sue has pledged to never accept any donations from corporate PACs.

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Anti-Corruption

With conservative extremists decimating reproductive rights, Sue will work to protect access to contraception, reproductive choice, and women’s health. As an advocate, Sue worked with grassroots groups to protect this right here in NJ.&nbsp;

Women’s Rights and Abortion

Everything is too expensive! From groceries to housing to insurance and&nbsp;fuel, families are seeing more and more of their hard earned paycheck drain away each month. Sue has a long record of working hard for everyday people and will fight in Congress to spur competition in our economy, restore the SALT deduction so New Jerseyans are not double-taxed, fight for a livable wage for all workers, and ensure that homes are bought by humans, not corporations. Our district and our state must&nbsp;be a place where families can thrive, young people can find homes, and seniors can retire.&nbsp;

Affordability

Environmental change is an existential threat to our communities and wildlife. From farmers grappling with changing weather patterns to our towns experiencing costly and life-threatening flooding, it’s clear that we need bold action.&nbsp;Sue will address our environmental&nbsp;crises at multiple levels, as well as work with our communities to ensure they have the resources they need to address immediate threats to our towns. Sue also knows that our district&nbsp;includes some of the last remaining beautiful open space in New Jersey, and she’ll work in Congress to protect our rural communities and natural environment&nbsp;from short-sighted, environmentally unsustainable overdevelopment and warehouse sprawl.

Protecting New Jersey's Natural Environment

Over the last 50 years, the pay and benefits for workers has decreased. This was caused in part by systematic de-unionization and de-industrialization and the loss of buying power for everyday people while corporate and CEO pay soared. Sue supports the right of workers to organize and the PRO Act. She also recognizes the exportation of good paying jobs to low wage countries harms working families here, and benefits almost no one other than multinational corporations. Sue understands that if we are going to support working families, we need to bring manufacturing, unions, fair wages, and job security back to New Jersey.

Workers' Rights &amp; Unions

Sue has long advocated for the taxpayer in New Jersey - often&nbsp;against her own party. Whether it was fighting against New Jersey's "corruption tax", pushing accountability for a bipartisan corporate tax giveaway program in Camden&nbsp;that fleeced hard working New Jerseyans out of a billion dollars, or&nbsp;her commitment to repealing the unfair and punitive Trump-era SALT deduction cap, Sue will always fight for fair&nbsp;taxes and smart, efficient use of our taxpayer money.&nbsp;

Lower Taxes for Jersey Families

As our Congresswoman, Sue will fight for common-sense gun reforms to keep our schools, places of worship, and communities safe.&nbsp;She’ll work to give law enforcement the tools they need to get weapons of war out of our communities. She will work to ensure those responsible for crimes of hate are held accountable, investments are made into upstream causes of crime, our local police are fully funded to keep our communities safe, and white collar and political corruption crimes are investigated by law enforcement, and that those professionals have the funds they need to hold the powerful accountable by the law.&nbsp;

Public Safety

Extremists are attacking our democracy every day, from their support of the insurrection on January 6th to attempts to undermine voting rights across the country. As she did for years in Trenton, Sue will advocate for legislation at the federal level to make voting accessible to all who are eligible.&nbsp;

Democracy

Right now, House Republicans are attempting to gut Medicare and Social Security. As our Congresswoman, Sue will always protect these critical programs and fight any attempts to make seniors foot the bill for tax cuts for megacorporations and the ultra-wealthy.

Medicare and Social Security

As a former educator, the fight for our schools is personal for Sue – and that’s why she’s committed to fighting against book banning and for investing in our public schools and working to ensure that every child in America gets the kind of high-quality education that they deserve.

Public Education

Our kids are struggling – and Congress needs to help this generation of young people. From fighting for funding for services to decreasing the stigma around mental health issues, Sue will prioritize this crisis as your Congresswoman.

Youth Mental Health

Sue is running in a seat that "has been identified as a key target of Democrats hoping to regain control of the House" according to the New York Times.

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Instead of fighting corruption, they’re threatening our democracy and peddling conspiracy theories. Instead of protecting our hard-earned freedoms, they’re decimating reproductive rights. Instead of making New Jersey more affordable, they’re wasting time, leading the least productive Congress in history. This district deserves someone who will fight for our Jersey values in Washington and show up when it matters most. I have a&nbsp; track record of speaking truth to power. We need honest, fearless representation and a new generation of visionary and pragmatic leadership – and that’s why I’m running for Congress.

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TODAY, Monday, September 16th, 2024, Sue Altman will begin her town hall tour across New Jersey’s 7th congressional district in her hometown of Clinton. The town hall tour will make stops in every county of NJ-07, where Sue is locked in a hyper-competitive Cook Political Report Toss-Up race with Republican Congressman Tom Kean, Jr.Sue is running to show up and fight for voters by tackling corruption in both parties, protecting reproductive rights and fundamental freedoms, restoring the SALT deduction, and confronting the affordability crisis head-on.

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Altman To Launch Town Hall Tour in Hunterdon Co

With union members decked out in colorful shirts assembled before her, Sue Altman was hailed Saturday morning as one of them – a working individual who relates to average folk.Altman&nbsp;had no trouble&nbsp;picking up the theme, telling a rally outside the town&nbsp;train station that&nbsp;her opponent, Rep. Tom Kean Jr., is a different sort.She speculated Kean knows little about&nbsp;grocery shopping and has no idea of what it&nbsp;feels like to share an apartment to make ends meet.The point was clear: Kean, the son of the former governor, simply can’t relate to the concerns of working Americans.Union members on hand for the rally included those from CWA, the NJEA and the Service Employees International Union.

Altman Zeroes in on Working Class Rahway

Today, the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) PAC endorsed Sue Altman in her race for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, where she is locked in a hyper-competitive Cook Political Report Toss-Up race with Republican Congressman Tom Kean, Jr.Sue has been a vocal advocate for the U.S.-Israel relationship. She has been a firm supporter of aid to Israel as it seeks to defend itself against Hamas and Hezbollah, and has repeatedly condemned the disturbing increase in antisemitic incidents and extremist rhetoric in the United States, while also demanding increased humanitarian aid to those in Gaza impacted by the war.

Democratic Majority for Israel PAC Endorses Altman

Sue Altman, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district, has <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/an-interview-with-sue-altman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">staked her claim</a> as a pro-Israel Democrat, saying that she firmly believes in Israel’s right to defend itself and that the United States should remain a close ally. Today, she got an endorsement to back up those bona fides.The Democratic Majority for Israel Political Action Committee (DMFI PAC), a group that endorses pro-Israel Democrats for Congress – and sometimes works to oust those who take stands against Israel – announced today that it will support Altman in her campaign against freshman Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield).

Altman earns endorsement from pro-Israel group

This morning, Sue Altman released her first TV ad in the hypercompetitive Cook Political Report Toss-Up race for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.&nbsp;The ad spotlights two NJ-07 Republicans who have rejected Tom Kean, Jr. as “your typical say anything, do nothing politician.”&nbsp;Anthony and Sue N. cite Kean Jr.’s extreme record &nbsp;– including the infamous “secret website” he used to covertly signal his anti-reproductive freedom agenda to conservative voters and donors – as their motivation for a change in representation.

In Altman’s First Ad, Voters “Done with Kean, Jr.”

Sue Altman, the Democratic nominee for the 7th district against freshman Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield), is up on the air with her first TV ad of the cycle, a spot starring two self-described Republican voters named Anthony and Sue who say they’re turned off by Kean’s views.Altman’s campaign is putting up $500,000 to air a one-week blitz of the ad, titled “Turn the Page”: $400,000 on broadcast TV and another $100,000 on cable. That’s a major investment for Altman, who had $2.2 million on-hand as of the end of June (though she’s certainly raised more in the two months since then).

Altman hits airwaves with ad starring Republicans

“Tom Kean Jr.’s recent ad is nothing but a desperate attempt to rewrite history and mislead voters,” said McCormick. “He is trying to exploit his 2006 race against Bob Menendez to distract from his own troubling record.”“Kean is not the reformer he claims to be,” said McCormick. “In fact, his history is riddled with contradictions and ties to the very corruption he now pretends to fight.”Kean’s ad references his 2006 race against Menendez, focusing on his imaginary fight against corruption. However, McCormick points out that Menendez, at the time of their contest, had not been implicated in the serious crimes for which he was later convicted.

Lisa McCormick slams Kean Jr. for misleading ad

This week, vulnerable New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr. decided to come out of his hidey-hole only to once again stumble over an answer when voters hammered him for endorsing Donald Trump and his dangerous Project 2025 agenda.This isn’t the first time Kean Jr. has failed to distance himself from Project 2025’s extremism. While the authors of the far-right agenda called the harmful Dobbs decision “just the beginning,” Kean Jr. similarly promised he would fight “every step of the way to protect the unborn from egregious abortion laws.” Since then, he’s voted for bills which chip away at women’s fundamental reproductive freedoms and punish doctors who provide abortions.

Tom Kean Jr.’s Terrible Town Hall

As the 2024 campaign season begins in earnest, some Republicans are still trying to thread the needle on the abortion issue, in hopes that it will dampen the political powder keg that has cost the GOP elections all over the US since Roe v. Wade was overturned two years ago.On the one hand, these candidates assert themselves as pro-choice, because they say they oppose the idea of government imposing rules on a woman’s rights and body sovereignty.Yet on the other hand, the same candidates cheer the Supreme Court’s ruling in the 2022 Dobbs decision, which tore away the constitutional right to bodily autonomy and privacy by giving the states the authority to restrict or outlaw abortions.

Kean and Bashaw are pro-choice impostors

"I see Donald Trump as an existential threat to our democracy.&nbsp; If he were re-elected, it is imperative that the Democrats flip control of the House of Representatives and maintain control of the Senate. An unrestrained, dictatorial Donald Trump devoid of Congressional restraints would be untenable in light of recent Supreme Court ruling pertaining to presidential immunity.New Jerseyans can do their part to build a firewall against Trumpism by winning back one of the three House of Representatives seats currently held by Republicans in New Jersey.&nbsp; Most pundits believe that the 7th Congressional District seat, currently held by 55 year old Tom Kean, Jr., is their best chance of gaining a seat. It will be one of the most watched races in the country."

Kean Jr. vs. Altman – A Pivotal Congressional Race

Since Kamala Harris burst onto the national stage and lit her party’s base on fire, Democrats across the country have made solid gains in races for governor, the Senate, and the House, climbing in the polls and raking in big bucks.“There’s no doubt that Harris has lifted all Democratic boats,” says Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report. “Now Democrats feel they’re back in the game.”How might this affect New Jersey? There is only one swing district here, and one race that the professionals rate as a tossup – the contest for Congress in the 7th District, a seat held by Rep. Tom Kean Jr., a freshman.

Kamala fever could help Sue Altman beat Tom Kean

Republicans running for Congress in swing districts, like Tom Kean Jr., are in a real bind over in vitro fertilization.They know most voters don’t think the government should stand in the way of couples desperate to have children. But House leadership and many of their donors have launched a full-scale assault on women’s reproductive rights – including IVF treatment.Both Johnson and Kean have tried to make this more palatable by claiming that they personally support IVF – but it doesn’t matter a bit, because they’re doing nothing to actually protect the right to IVF treatment. While four other Republicans running in competitive House districts signed onto a bill in March to federally codify this right in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s stunning ruling that embryos are considered children, Kean did not.

Tom Kean Jr.’s phony claims on IVF | Editorial

Sue Altman, Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Bill Pascrell:“I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the irreplaceable Bill Pascrell this morning.Bill dutifully served his community in the Assembly, as Mayor of Patterson, and as a United States Congressman for 27 years.He was a teacher, a veteran, and a son of the Garden State. He was a proud defender of New Jersey values and a steadfast ally of working people and families.My thoughts are with his family, his many friends, and the constituents he so loyally represented over his lifetime of public service.”

Sue Altman statement on the passing of Pascrell

Sue Altman, Democratic candidate for congress in New Jersey's 7th district, joins Brian briefly to talk about her race against one-term Republican incumbent Tom Kean, Jr.

Sue Altman on the Brian Lehrer Show WNYC

In the New Jersey’s competitive 7th congressional district race, Democratic hopeful Sue Altman is hammering incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. for not supporting a U.S. House bill enshrining federal protections for IVF into law.The Alabama case looms large in a race occurring in a House district more than 950 miles from Montgomery. Kean, who said he was “deeply disturbed” by the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling, has since pitched a proposal to offer income tax credits for people seeking IVF. But Altman has pounced, saying that Kean is not doing enough to stand up against the “extremists” who want to dismantle IVF.

How the AL IVF ruling could cost Trump the WH

New Jersey Democrat Sue Altman started hammering her House GOP opponent over in-vitro fertilization after an Alabama court put the issue in the national spotlight earlier this year.She has not let up since, accusing self-described pro-choice Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of not standing up to “extremists targeting reproductive rights.”“Other people in similar districts, other Republicans, have made different decisions than Tom Kean Jr., and to me, it shows that Tom Kean Jr. completely lacks [a] backbone, and he will not stand up for the women of the 7th [congressional district],” Altman said in an interview with POLITICO.

Dems test battleground theory: IVF fears win

Three of the region’s leading Democrats spoke: Andy Kim, who is running for the U.S. Senate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill of CD-11 and Sue Altman, who is running against Republican incumbent Thomas H. Kean Jr. in CD-7. Sherrill, who does not face strong opposition this year, said Republican control of government could mean a national abortion ban in addition to cuts in education funding, including Head Start, a preschool program that dates back to the Johnson Administration.Altman’s race against Kean is getting national attention. To win, she has to do well throughout the district, but more specifically, she has to make at least some inroads in very Republican Sussex and Warren counties.On that, she’s optimistic. She says that when she talks to people throughout the district about, say, climate change, they are receptive.

Kim, NJ Democrats, Mobilize in Green Knoll

A bus tour promoting youth involvement in politics stopped by Bridgewater on Monday night to endorse Sue Altman in her tight battle for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district.The Tour to Save Democracy hosted the event at Green Knoll Grill, where about 200 people, including a sizable group of Gen Z voters, rallied for Altman and Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown), the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) also spoke in support of Altman and Kim, as the speakers focused on issues like abortion rights, gun control, and youth involvement in politics.Altman took the fight to her Republican opponent, Rep. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield), tying him to House Speaker Mike Johnson. She said she would protect LGBTQ+ rights and abortion rights and fight climate change.

Kim, Sherrill rally for Altman with Gen-Z in NJ7

The first debate between Democrat Sue Altman and Republican incumbent Tom Kean, Jr. will take place on Sunday, September 29 at 8 PM.Altman and Kean are facing off in New Jersey’s 7th district, which is widely considered one of the most competitive House races in the nation.The 90-minute debate is sponsored by the New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey, and the Rebovich Institute of New Jersey Politics at Rider University and will be streamed on the New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey, Facebook Live, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube.

Altman, Kean will face off in first debate in Sept

The battle over labor support in New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district continues, with the United Utilities Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 601 announcing its support for Democrat Sue Altman over incumbent Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield).UWUA Local 601, which represents over 1,300 New Jerseyans who work at Public Service Electric &amp; Gas and NJ Transit, said that Altman’s long history as an advocate for organized labor made the choice an easy one.“[Altman] came to our Executive Council Meeting on June 27th and the vote was unanimous,” said Noel Christmas, Local 601’s president and the chairman of the UWUA New Jersey State Council. “She showed us that she has the backs of our union and our working families. She promised to keep her door open for the Utility Workers Union of America and listen to all our concerns.”

PSE&G workers’ union endorses Altman for Congress

“I think he’s too afraid to debate us, and he doesn’t even say why,” Altman, who’s challenging Kean in the Central Jersey swing district, said in a phone interview. Altman likened Kean to a “jellyfish” and a “turtle” who hides from constituents.Altman’s campaign said Kean turned down debate invitations from Centenary University in Hackettstown, which is located within the district, and the New York-based television station that broadcasts in much of New Jersey — something Kean’s campaign did not dispute. A spokesperson for Centenary confirmed that the university had wanted to host a September debate but that Kean declined, while a spokesperson for WPIX declined to comment.

Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., campaigning for a second term in the most competitive major race in the state, recently turned down two debate invitations — something his Democratic opponent’s campaign has seized on.While Kean’s campaign says he will take part in other debates, noting that he has before, 7th congressional district Democratic challenger Sue Altman criticized him for being scared to engage with her one-on-one.“I think he’s too afraid to debate us, and he doesn’t even say why,” Altman, who’s challenging Kean in the Central Jersey swing district, said in a phone interview. Altman likened Kean to a “jellyfish” and a “turtle” who hides from constituents.

Kean rejects 2 debates and Altman pounces

“It’s the new beginning, different faces, fresh moment. That’s true in New Jersey, but it’s also now true nationally,” said Sue Altman, a first-time candidate running against Republican Rep. Tom Kean in New Jersey’s battleground 7th District. “For a while there, our campaign was providing hope when other places in the country hope was hard to find, and that’s including the presidential mess. I think now, however, it’s even more so the snowball is rolling down the hill because now there’s hope everywhere you look.”

House Dems hidden strength: Challenger fundraising

Sue Altman, the Democratic candidate looking to unseat Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in District 7, one of the most closely watched Congressional races in the country, also praised Biden for being "one of the most consequential Presidents in American history."Like the other Central Jersey Democrats, Altman said she is "more confident than ever before that Democrats will be united in November to defend our democracy, build on the progress we've made in the past four years and continue to deliver results for the American people.

What Central NJ leaders said after Biden bowed out

For that reason, I have recently joined my own representative in Congress, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, in campaigning for Sue Altman in the 7th District – a toss-up district that may decide who controls the House next year.Sue has put reproductive rights front-and-center in her race, and is clear-eyed about the work that must be done in Congress and the access issues that are specific to New Jersey communities.She knows that limited insurance coverage and travel distance are major barriers for marginalized patients seeking care, even in our state. She is firm in standing against deceptive practices by “crisis pregnancy centers” that endanger patients by disguising anti-abortion dogma as medical care.

2024 is wake-up call: Abortion rights on NJ ballot

Finally, Alyssa interviews four fantastic state-level candidates - Mai Xiong of Michigan, Anna Payne of Pennsylvania,&nbsp;Sue Altman&nbsp;of New Jersey, and Averie Bishop of Texas - who offer us a glimmer of hope, talking about their campaigns.

S.E. Cupp on RNC, Conservatives, Hilaria Baldwin

It happened again: Democrat Sue Altman outraised Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) for the second quarter in a row in the closely watched 7th district.Altman raised $1,674,562 during Q2, a truly astronomical amount for a first-time candidate; she raised more from donors than any other House candidate in the state (Gottheimer’s total is slightly higher because of interest on existing cash). Without a primary to worry about, Altman was able to stockpile most of her money, and has a warchest of $2,223,330.

NJ's Q2 congressional fundraising, by the numbers

Sue Altman, the executive director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance and Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, hailed the conviction, calling Menendez “a corrupt dinosaur from an era of Jersey politics that is thankfully coming to a close.”“His conduct is an embarrassment to our state, and he should resign immediately,” she told The Hill in a statement. “Change is in the air — people are clamoring for fresh, new leadership in both parties. Out with old, calcified, corrupt political entities and individuals. It’s time for something better.”

NJ Dems double down on Menendez calls to resign

Democrat Sue Altman was dragged out of a legislative committee hearing almost five years ago. Now that viral moment is at the center of a new Altman campaign ad as she tries to keep the pressure on Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr. in a tight race for the 7th Congressional District House seat.“I think it speaks volumes that [Kean] doesn’t meet with reporters, doesn’t answer press questions … Doesn’t hold town halls. He won’t meet to debate me,” says Altman, the former state director of the Working Families Party. “It’s disrespectful to people in this district and people are sick and tired of it and I will continue to hammer him on his cowardice.”

NJ-7 race could have national implications

Democratic congressional candidate Sue Altman has launched a new campaign video highlighting her readiness to take on political leaders of both parties in her bid to unseat freshman Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s 7th district, one of the most competitive House races in the nation.Altman’s video, “The Corruption Crew,” seeks to link Kean to former President <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/tom-kean-jr-will-support-trump-for-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Donald Trump</a> and former Gov. Chris Christie, both Republicans, mentioning Trump’s felony convictions and Christie’s role in the Bridgegate scandal.&nbsp; Kean is referred to as a “Trump apologist."

Altman ‘Corruption Crew’ ad features Kean, Trump

Sue Altman today released a new ad in her “ultra-competitive race” for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District contrasting the Democratic nominee with a series of corrupt, self-serving politicians she has fought to hold accountable.Before running for Congress, the candidate said she made it her life’s work to fight corruption on both sides of the aisle.When former Governor Chris Christie wanted to slash education funding, Altman stood up and asked the tough questions in order to protect teachers and fight against cuts to our public schools.

Altman Calls Out “NJ Corruption Crew” in First Ad

Somerville, NJ – Sue Altman, Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, announced her campaign raised more than $1,650,000 last quarter and enters July with over $2,200,000 cash on hand. This brings the campaign’s total raise to over $3,000,000 this cycle.Unlike her opponent, incumbent Republican Congressman Tom Kean, Jr., Sue is not accepting a single cent of corporate PAC money and is relying heavily on grassroots support. Her campaign has received contributions from over 15,000 unique contributors this cycle. Kean, Jr. has accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of his career from corporate special interests.

Altman Announces Raising over $1.65 Million in Q2

Democrat Sue Altman raised a mammoth $1.65 million in the second quarter of 2024 and now has more than $2.2 million cash-on-hand for her bid to unseat freshman Rep. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s 7th district.Altman has raised over $3 million since joining the race in May 2023 without accepting corporate PAC money. She has over 15,000 unique contributors, her campaign told the New Jersey Globe.The 7th district race is considered among the most competitive House races in the nation and viewed by both parties as pivotal in determining control next year.“The strength of this campaign lies in the thousands of people who recognize the road to taking back the House runs right through NJ-07."

Altman has gargantuan Q2, raising $1.65 million

Sue Altman: “While today’s decision will allow patients in Idaho to access emergency abortions, it is a chilling reminder of the all out war extremists are waging on women and the immediate, far-reaching threats we face to our reproductive rights and healthcare choices. Draconian laws that don’t allow abortions even when a mother’s health is in danger should be struck down decisively. If Republicans like (Tom Kean) won’t fight to uphold the health and safety of women, then it’s time to elect leaders who will ensure we protect these fundamental rights at the federal level.”

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Sue Altman, the Democratic nominee for Congress in New Jersey's competitive 7th congressional district, was endorsed today by the Human Rights campaign, a major national LGBTQ rights group.'Sue Altman is a pro-equality champion who has dedicated her career to serving the people: rooting out political corruption, protecting access to reproductive freedoms, and advocating for everyone in the Garden State,' said Reg Calcagno, the HRC's national campaigns director. 'With MAGA bullies trying to slip a convicted felon into the White House and roll back progress for the country, flipping the House and electing a pro-equality majority is a top priority.'

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The bombshell failed to jolt most in the political class to rejoice or raise their voice in outrage — or say much of anything. There were some, of course, from the Democratic Party's left, who raised their voices, like Sue Altman, the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 7th Congressional District, who began her career taking aim at Norcross' operation in South Jersey only to be dragged out of a State house hearing in 2019 and past the silver-maned leader.

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To mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court shooting down the Roe v. Wade ruling, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-District 11, and Sue Altman, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey's 7th District, held a rally Monday to decry the “horrible health outcomes” in the decision's aftermath.“I want to see us enshrine into law, the rights that allow women to have this procedure (abortion) all over the country,” said Altman, “and that includes in all its iterations.”The 2022 ruling determined that abortion and reproductive health issues will be handled by state legislatures.New Jersey has seen a 21% increase in out-of-state abortions seekers in the last two years, according to Altman.

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Altman is challenging incumbent Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr., who was first elected in 2022. The district has about 18,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats.The fact that Democrats support abortion rights is hardly a secret.The party has made this a signature issue – with good success – since the 2022 court decision.Sherrill said it’s still important to raise the issue, because some may not know how dire things are, or can get.Abortion rights are protected in New Jersey, but the story is different elsewhere.Both Sherrill and Altman said they’re convinced that right wing Republicans would institute a national ban on abortion if they had the power to do it.

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“In this election cycle, Republicans like Tom Kean Jr. are betting … that we aren’t paying attention,” Altman said at the rally. “I am confident that the women in this district, that the men who stand up for women and family rights in this district, will be on site in November, they will vote, and we will vote out Tom Kean Jr.”Kean has said in the past that he’s pro-choice, but the freshman congressman has still voted for some amendments and bills in the House that would limit abortion (and supported the strongly pro-life Mike Johnson for House Speaker). That, Altman argued, shows why the 7th district needs new representation.“There is no evidence that Tom Kean Jr. will fight back against a national abortion ban,” Altman said. “In fact, he’s signaled that he’s okay with leaving it up to state legislatures, which is a very dangerous thing for women around this country indeed.”

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"This is part of a pattern of lies, much like his vile attacks on his previous opponent, Tom Malinowski, whom Kean baselessly accused of protecting sex offenders, among other things.""So the real scandal here, yet again, is that Kean is lying in a cynical effort to bolster his own campaign, just as he did in 2020, and 2022. Is there anything this man won’t say to win?"

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Now she’s running again—this time for the U.S. House. Altman, a Democrat, is trying to unseat Representative Tom Kean Jr., a Republican, in a district in northwest New Jersey. After her pro-ball stints overseas, she returned to the Garden State and began teaching and coaching basketball. Battles over education policy drew her into politics, and she now hopes to move into elected office in a race that The Cook Political Report has judged a toss-up—or perhaps a jump ball.Since she left the court, she’s turned that intensity toward politics. Altman grew up in a Republican family, and was herself once a registered Republican, but she began advocating against education cuts proposed by then–New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican. She won attention after a 2016 town-hall meeting in Camden, when the governor, frustrated by her interruptions, tossed the microphone to her at short range. She easily snagged it—“He didn't know I was a professional basketball player”—and read him the riot act.

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Sue Altman, a Democratic candidate in the 7th District and longtime critic of Norcross, viewed the indictment — along with Menendez's federal trial and the end of the so-called county line — as part of a year of 'corruption busting' in the state. Altman was once dragged by state police from a legislative hearing in 2019 at which Norcross was defending himself and the tax credits his organizations received. Her removal by troopers encapsulated his ability to influence lawmakers, she said in an interview.

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Sue Altman, a Democrat who is running against Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) in the state’s 7th District, posted on the social platform X that “George Norcross and his South Jersey cronies are finding out that breaking the law for personal gain has consequences.” “It is a new day for New Jersey politics,” she added.

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"I’m kind of speechless, honestly,” said Sue Altman, former executive director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance.In 2019, when the Legislature convened a friendly committee hearing that gave Norcross an opportunity to push back against the Murphy administration’s tax credit investigation, Altman was forcibly removed from the room by State Police as Norcross looked on.Now Altman is the Democratic nominee for Congress in Central Jersey’s 7th district."

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“I laud the Attorney General’s monumental indictment. Like Donald Trump, George Norcross and his South Jersey cronies are finding out that breaking the law for personal gain has consequences.“It is a new day for New Jersey politics. We are replacing our culture of corruption, misuse of public funds, and self-dealing government with a new one – one that prioritizes public service, the greater good, and functional government where both parties are held accountable.

Statements on the Norcross Indictment

The friction between Mr. Norcross and the Murphy administration peaked in 2019, when Sue Altman, then the leader of the left-leaning Working Families Alliance and closely aligned with the governor, was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/nyregion/NJ-sue-altman-progressive-democrats.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="css-yywogo" style="color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891)">forcibly removed</a> from a standing-room-only hearing on <a href="https://www.state.nj.us/comptroller/news/docs/eda_final_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="css-yywogo" style="color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891)">corporate tax breaks</a> after troopers indicated she had <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/ag-says-activist-dragged-out-of-n-j-statehouse-was-not-targeted-over-politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="css-yywogo" style="color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891)">caused a disruption</a>. She was led past Mr. Norcross, who was at the hearing to testify in support of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/nyregion/nj-tax-break.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="css-yywogo" style="color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891)">economic incentive program</a> that Ms. Altman had criticized harshly.Ms. Altman, a Democrat who is now <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/nyregion/sue-altman-tom-kean-new-jersey.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="css-yywogo" style="color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891)">running for Congress</a> against Representative Tom Kean, called the indictment “monumental.”

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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) endorsed Sue Altman in her bid to knock off freshman Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.). In a statement, Fetterman called Altman a “proven fighter” who’s “ready to stand up to corruption on both sides of the aisle.”

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Sue Altman, the Democratic nominee against Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s pivotal 7th congressional district, picked up another pair of union endorsements today from the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) and the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE).The two unions are the latest to back Altman after she won the 7th district Democratic primary uncontested earlier this week; the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers and the New Jersey State Council of Machinists <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/altman-gets-endorsements-from-ifpte-machinists-for-nj-7-campaign/">endorsed her yesterday</a>. And several other unions, most prominently the Communications Workers of America and 1199 SEIU, have been in Altman’s corner for months.Altman’s labor backing is a sign that many unions view her race against Kean, who narrowly unseated Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) in 2022, as a top priority. The 7th district is New Jersey’s most competitive congressional district by far, and is regarded as one of the most competitive seats in the entire country.

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